Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073
# Solar eclipse of August 3, 2073

A total solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, August 3, 2073. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

## Related eclipses

### Solar eclipses 2073–2076

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

| 122 | February 7, 2073 Partial | 127 | August 3, 2073 Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| 132 | January 27, 2074 Annular | 137 | July 24, 2074 Annular |
| 142 | January 16, 2075 Total | 147 | July 13, 2075 Annular |
| 152 | January 6, 2076 Total | 157 | July 1, 2076 Partial |

### Saros 127

It is a part of Saros cycle 127, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 82 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on October 10, 991 AD. It contains total eclipses from May 14, 1352 through August 15, 2091. There are no annular eclipses in this series. The series ends at member 82 as a partial eclipse on March 21, 2452. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 40 seconds on August 30, 1532. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.

Series members 52–68 occur between 1901 and 2200 :

| 52 | 53 | 54 |
| - | - | - |
| April 28, 1911 | May 9, 1929 | May 20, 1947 |
| 55 | 56 | 57 |
| May 30, 1965 | June 11, 1983 | June 21, 2001 |
| 58 | 59 | 60 |
| July 2, 2019 | July 13, 2037 | July 24, 2055 |
| 61 | 62 | 63 |
| August 3, 2073 | August 15, 2091 | August 26, 2109 (Partial) |
| 64 | 65 | 66 |
| September 6, 2127 (Partial | September 16, 2145 (Partial) | September 28, 2163 (Partial) |
| 67 | 68 |
| October 8, 2181 (Partial) | October 19, 2199 (Partial) |
